SANTA FE — A Santa Fe man has been sentenced to five years in prison stemming from a high-speed road-rage attack a year ago.

At his sentencing Friday, 25-year-old Martin Flores apologized to the two victims and told a judge he would work on his anger issues. Judge Michael Vigil told Flores that if he doesn’t deal with his issues, he’ll get out of prison in five years and end up killing someone.

Vigil sentenced him to five years, followed by three years on probation. Flores faced a maximum of eight years in prison after pleading guilty in August to child abuse, causing an accident involving damage, battery, driving while intoxicated and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Charges of battery, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia were filed in Santa Fe County Magistrate Court against Flores’ girlfriend, but the charges were dropped in February, according to online court records.

Prosecutors say Flores nearly struck a car that was passing him and followed it for the next 40 minutes at speeds of up to 100 mph until the other driver crashed his car into a wall.

Witnesses say Flores and his girlfriend then pulled the 58-year-old driver and his female passenger from their car and beat them in what the driver testified was a “horrifying nightmare.” Police said Flores’ 4-year-old son was in the back seat of his car during the Oct. 19, 2008, incident.

The female victim had a broken leg, an injury that she testified led to the dissolution of her construction business and liquidation of her finances just as her son was about to start college. She said in court that she takes medication for anxiety, depression and constant pain.

“This will plague me for years to come,” said the woman, who was not identified.

The woman and the man, who also was not identified, each estimated they have spent about $15,000 on medical bills.

It was “a terrorizing, life-altering moment for us,” the man said.

Flores previously was convicted of assault with intent to commit third-degree rape in April 2005 and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in December 2002.

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